We got to meet our buddy Sawyer this weekend. I went to school with Sawyer's parents and now our kiddos are only 6 weeks apart. It was great to catch up. Jack is taking an interest in other babies now. He will reach out and try to touch them. Unfortunately, he doesn't understand "gentle". He's tried many times to rip my nose right off :) He is also great at putting his arm around me and reaching up and taking a handful of hair from the bottom of my ponytail and pulling.
Jack is on the move! As soon as we put him down, he flips over and starts to army crawl everywhere. Forward and backwards :) He finally started going forwards this weekend when Jon rolled his beloved baseball in front of him. Maybe he's going to love baseball when he's older?? He also likes to play "catch". Jon will sit up him and roll the baseball to him, then Jack smacks it back to Jon.
Jack is now out of his sleepsuit and sleeping like a big boy. He is trying to give me a heart attack while he's at it too! He apparently loves to sleep face down. I had to ask my Dad if this was something normal or if I should be worried :) I checked on him this weekend and he had his pacifier in his mouth and was face planted into his mattress. I don't see how this could be even remotely comfortable, but he seems to think so. I think the days of sleeping on his back are over. I'll put him on his back and by the time I get downstairs and turn on the monitor, he's on his belly and moving all over the crib. He even got his leg caught between the slats, so we now have a breathable bumper on the crib. I guess we have all done the same and seemed to survive. It might just be a few weeks before I stop checking the monitor every couple of hours to make sure he's still breathing. :)
We had swim lessons today. He's doing great with the water! He really seems to like it. We had 2 of our friends drop out and I think the last one is about to. Their kiddos aren't crazy about the water yet, so it might just be Jack. Now when you say "ready fish", he knows to take a breath and hold it. You can actually hear him suck in air. He isn't really kicking his feet really well, but each class he gets better. He is splashing a lot more and seems more comfortable with the water and Amy. He swims to her no problem now.
We also started solids last week. Avocado was the first since our doctor said it's full of good fats and is a good starter food. Jack disagreed! We tried to puree it and mix it with a bit of breast milk and he still wasn't impressed. We decided to then go back to cereal since we didn't have any organic sweet potatoes. That was an epic fail. We tried bananas and he seemed to not mind those. Then I decided to try to mix the bananas with the oatmeal cereal...fail! Next we tackled sweet potatoes and I think we have found a winner. What's not to love?! We are on day 2 of sweet potatoes and he has actually swallowed some of it rather than just playing with it. He does want to feed himself, which can get quite interesting. I think it's more he just wants to chew on this spoon since these stupid teeth are taking their time. The doctor said he is working on 2 teeth. He has one on top and one on bottom that are slowly working their way through. Our pediatrician thinks they will be here around 7 months. I'm not holding my breath :)
Next week we have Jack's first photo shoot!! A friend from the meet up group sent out a link that a cloth diapering company called Blueberry Diapers was having a casting call for babies 6-12 months old for their advertisement. I submitted pictures of Jack, and the little turkey actually got picked :) I'm not sure how many other babies were called, but we will see if he ends up getting the gig. We go next Tuesday. Hopefully he's a good mood and all smiles.
Well hope everyone has a wonderful week!
Lots of love,
The Waags
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